The body of a man who had been shot repeatedly was found inside a car in a lot across the street from Mount Ararat Baptist Church on Friday morning.

The body of a man who had been shot repeatedly was found inside a car in a lot across the street from Mount Ararat Baptist Church on Friday morning.

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Updated: 6:34 PM EDT Apr 18, 2014

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WEBVTT POLICE SEARCH FOR HIS KILLER. BOB MAYO IS LIVE. NEIGHBORS ARE USING ONE WORD TO SUM UP THIS VIOLENCE, SENSELESS. Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S AN ANCHOR HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED DIED NOT FAR FROM WHERE HE GREW UP. HE DIED RIGHT OVER THERE IN CAR THAT WAS IN THE PARKING LOT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH. GRIEF, ANGER, LOSS, EMOTIONAL IMPACT WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, RAW AND POWERFUL. VISIBLE ON THE STREET. NEIGHBORS FELT IT TOO. WE WERE HORRIFIED. WHAT COULD WE SAY? IT'S JUST SAD SOMEBODY ELSE'S SON OR BROTHER IS DEAD. ANOTHER SENSELESS SHOOTING. Reporter: INSIDE CAR A LOT OF LARGE NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH, 33-YEAR-OLD LEONARD YOUNG FOUND SHOT TO DEATH BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE WHITE MALIBU WITH GEORGIA PLATES. THE FRONT WHEELS HAD JUMPED THE PARKING SPACES CONCRETE CURB BLOCK. IT'S NOT HIS VEHICLE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT BELONGED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND. Reporter: POLICE SPENT HOURS GATHERING EVIDENCE. NEIGHBORS SAY THE MAN GREW UP ON THE STREETS, PLAYED HERE AS A TODDLER. WE'RE ALL IN SHOCK. GOOD FRIDAY IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT. NO RESPECT. NO EMPATHY FOR LIFE. THIS IS SICKENING. IT'S GOT TO STOP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. Reporter: EVIDENCE OF MULTIPLE SHOTS FIRED FROM OUTSIDE THE CAR. ONE IN HIS NECK. WE HAD SOME CONTACT WITH PEOPLE HERE ON THE SCENE WHO SAID THEY FIRST HEARD GUNSHOTS AROUND 3:00 THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THE FIRST CALLS DID NOT COME INTO 911 UNTIL AROUND 8:00 A.M. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 8:13. Reporter: NO PUBLIC WORD FROM POLICE ON POSSIBLE MOTIVES OR IF

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The body of a man who had been shot repeatedly was found inside a car in a lot across the street from Mount Ararat Baptist Church on Friday morning.